Title 21 of the United States Code
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Title 21 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs food and drug regulation in the United States, including the primary statutes controlling the manufacture, distribution, and use of controlled substances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Title 21 of the United States Code canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3148667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 21 of the United States Code Context triple: [Controlled Substances Act, titleOfCode, Title 21 of the United States Code]
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A.
Title 22 of the United States Code
Title 22 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs U.S. foreign relations and international assistance programs.
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B.
Title 20 of the United States Code
Title 20 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal statutory law governing education in the United States, including policies on K–12 and higher education.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
Title 21
Title 21 is the section of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations that primarily governs food and drugs, including the oversight of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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E.
Title 26 of the United States Code
Title 26 of the United States Code is the federal tax code of the United States, establishing the laws that govern the assessment and collection of federal taxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 21 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 21 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs food and drug regulation in the United States, including the primary statutes controlling the manufacture, distribution, and use of controlled substances.
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A.
Title 22 of the United States Code
Title 22 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law that governs U.S. foreign relations and international assistance programs.
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B.
Title 20 of the United States Code
Title 20 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal statutory law governing education in the United States, including policies on K–12 and higher education.
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C.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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D.
Title 21
Title 21 is the section of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations that primarily governs food and drugs, including the oversight of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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E.
Title 26 of the United States Code
Title 26 of the United States Code is the federal tax code of the United States, establishing the laws that govern the assessment and collection of federal taxes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statute collection
ⓘ
title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Department of Health and Human Services
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Department of Justice ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ United States Food and Drug Administration ⓘ
linked to:
Food and Drug Administration
|
| appliesTo | states and territories of the United States ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | United States Code ⓘ |
| contains |
Controlled Substances Act
ⓘ
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ⓘ Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act provisions ⓘ Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act provisions ⓘ Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ Food Safety Modernization Act provisions ⓘ
linked to:
Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011
Poison Prevention Packaging Act ⓘ Prescription Drug Marketing Act ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| governs |
biological products regulation in the United States
ⓘ
controlled substances regulation in the United States ⓘ cosmetics regulation in the United States ⓘ drug regulation in the United States ⓘ food regulation in the United States ⓘ medical device regulation in the United States ⓘ tobacco product regulation in the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
consumer protection law
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drug control law ⓘ food safety law ⓘ pharmaceutical law ⓘ public health law ⓘ |
| providesFor |
civil penalties for violations of food and drug laws
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criminal penalties for drug and controlled substance offenses ⓘ |
| regulates |
adulteration of food and drugs
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approval of new drugs ⓘ clinical trials of drugs and biologics ⓘ dispensing of controlled substances ⓘ distribution of controlled substances ⓘ exportation of controlled substances ⓘ importation of controlled substances ⓘ labeling of food and drugs ⓘ manufacture of controlled substances ⓘ misbranding of food and drugs ⓘ pharmacy dispensing standards for controlled substances ⓘ scheduling of controlled substances ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
biologics
ⓘ
controlled substances ⓘ cosmetics ⓘ drugs ⓘ food ⓘ medical devices ⓘ tobacco products ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Title 21 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 21 of the United States Code is the body of federal law that governs food and drug regulation in the United States, including the primary statutes controlling the manufacture, distribution, and use of controlled substances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.